[17.18] Ælius Arist. Eloge de Rome, passim; Plut. Fortune des Romains; Philo. Leg. ad Caium, § 21, 22, 39, 40.
[17.19] Dion. Hal. Antiq. Rom. i., comm.
[17.20] Plut. Solon. 20.
[17.21] See Athen. xii. 68; Ælian, Var. Hist. ix. 12; Suidas, word Ἐπίκουρος.
[17.22] Tacit. Ann. i. 2.
[17.23] Study the character of Euthyphron in Plato.
[17.24] Diog. Laert. ii. 101, 116; v. 5, 6, 37, 38; ix. 52; Athen. xiii. 92; xv. 52; Ælian, Var. Hist. ii. 23; iii. 36; Plut. Pericles, 32; De Plac. Philos. I, vii. 2; Diod. Sic. XIII., vi. 7; Aristoph. in Aves, 1073.
[17.25] Particularly under Vespasian, as in the case of Helvidius Priscus.
[17.26] We shall show later that these persecutions, at least until that of Decius, have been much exaggerated.
[17.27] The early Christians were in fact very respectful towards Roman authority. Rom. xiii. i., &c.; I. Peter iv. 14, 16. As to St. Luke, see the Introduction to this work.